Holder for welding electrodes



Dec. 5, 1944.

giled De. 21; 1942 fi INVENTORJ attorney Patented Dec. 5, 1944 HOLDER FOR WELDING ELECTRODES James Form'an and Andrew D. Clyburn, New Orleans, La.

Application December 21, 1942, Serial No. 469,772 Claims. (Cl. 219-8) (Granted under the m of March a, 1883, as amended April 3i), 1928; 370 0. G. 757) The invention described herein may be manufactured and used by or for the Government of the United States for governmental purposes without the payment to me of any royalty thereon in accordance with the provision of the Act of April 30, 1928 (Ch. 460, 45 Stat. L. 467).

Our invention relates to holders for welding electrodes and welding rods. An object of the invention is to provide a device of this character for use in convenient and efficient burning of welding electrodes in the operation of electric welding with either alternating or direct current.

Another object is to provide a device of this character which conserves electrodes by enabling them to be burned down short before replacement is necessary. Another object is to provide a device of this character in which the electrodes may be securely held so as to extend out at different angles which are best adapted to efliciently carry out the work in hand. Another object is to provide a device which the operator may handle safely.

The novel features, which we believe to be characteristic of our invention are set forth with particularity in the appended claims. The invention itself, however, both as to organization and method of operation, together with additional objects and advantages thereof, will be best understood from the following description of a particular embodiment of the invention when read in connection with the accompanying drawing in which:

ciples involved in the invention, the numeral 6 designates a cylinder of insulating material, the inward or hand portion of which is preferably provided with a plurality of holes or openings i in its side. \This cylinder is provided with a shoulder 8 whereby a reduced outer portion is provided. I

A conducting member 9 fits inside of the cylinder 6 and has a bore ID in its inner end provided with a set screw II for attachment of a lead in wire [2. Beyond the set screw, the member 8 is provided with a shoulder is for engagement with the shoulder 8. The inward portion of the member 9 is provided with a key 14 for engaging in a keyway l5 formed in the inner surface of the cylinder 6. The outer end of the member 9 is provided with screw threads I6 for engagement by the-internally threaded inward end of a cap I! which is covered by an insulating hood I8. The cap 11 is provided with a plurality of holes is drilled into it at different angles. A welding electrode which may be of well known construction may have its inward end placed in any one of the holes according to which one best adapts the electrodes for the work which is being Welded. An insulated angle clamp 20 has one end portion provided with threads for engagement in a screw threaded hole formed in thecap IT. This clamp is adapted to engage and firmly hold the elec-, trode in place when the clamp is turned from dotted line position into the full line position shown in Fig. 3. The cap l'l when screwed down engages the outer end of the cylinder 6 and draws the shoulder 63 firmly into engagement with the shoulder a so that the parts of the device are held firmly together for use in the welding operation as previously set'forth.

The advantages of this invention are summarized as follows:

(1) Simplicity of design and construction; few

movable parts.

(2) Light in weight, can be handled by women welders of light stature, thereby less tiring and no loss of energy.

(3) immovable contact connection thereby eliminating possibility of welding rod moving and creating an arc that would burn up .holder head.

(4) Sound contact connection prevents oxidation,

plus fusing of contact points, thereby permitting a constant flow of electric current.

(5) No detachable parts fastened by screws to hold insulation in its fixed position, thus making the holder current or shock proof.

(6) Abuse proof, as holder will withstand being cast aside or thrown down, without danger of damage as it is compact and completely insulated from end to end.

(7) Will permit the maximum use or burning down to within 1" of welding rods, thus creating a saving in valuable steel or electrodes.

(8) There are no movable parts to become loose.

extreme tip the rod can only be inserted up to 1" 'in depth, whereas other type holders provide no check on this feature at all.

Holder head permits rods to be held firmly at any and all angles, thereby making it possible to weld from any standing, kneeling, sitting or prone position of the operator.

Holder head is arranged to take welding electrodes from sizes 54;" up to 9%" diameter; thus 'we present a universal holder.

Heads can be made to take larger or any special size electrodes desired without ei.'-' fecting the amperage resistance.

Holder has no heavy spring jaw release or jaw opening device that tires the operator. Over the course of a working day and thus being unencumbered, it is made an easy working tool, as compared with other make holders.

Due to the considerably less number oi! parts, the holder is firmly and sturdily made, and will withstand heavy abuse with a minimum of repairs or replacements.

Holder weighs less than 24 ounces.

The wholesale selling price will be considerably lower than any other type now on the market.

Testimonials are in hand from ractical experts showing the holder works efficiently and cheaply.

Holder simplifies welding operation because of the easy and new method of holding the electrode'in the hand in a iast position so that an apprentice of little training can perfect a weld.

We claim:

Conservation .oiwelding rods because the conducting member slidabiy and non-rotatably mounted within said tubular member and having Iii an exteriorly arranged shoulder abutting said tubular member shoulder, the inner end of said conducting member being adapted for detachable connection with a lead-in wire passed through said lower end or said tubular member, the outer end or said conducting member extending beyond the upper end of said tubular member, a cap of conducting material having threaded engagement with the outer end of said conducting member and also having abutting engagement with said upper end of said tubular member to maintain said ca and members in rigidly assembled relation, said cap having at least one socket for receiving an end of a welding rod, and means having threaded engagement with said cap and adapted to engage said welding rod end and clamp the rod in said socket and to said cap.

2. An electric welding rod holder as defined in claim 1, wherein the tubular member has a portion of reduced internal and external diameters to provide the interior shoulder thereof, said reduced portion extending from said interior shoulder to the upper end of thetubular member.

3. An electric welding rod holder as defined in claim 1, wherein the cap is provided with a hood of insulating material that overlaps the upper end of the tubular member, said hood having an opening registering with the rod receiving socket of said cap.

4. An electric welding rod holder as defined in claim 1, wherein the cap has a plurality of angularly related and intersecting sockets arranged with their axes in a common plane which extends longitudinally of the holder, and a member for clamping a welding rod positioned in any one of said sockets to said cap, said clamping member having threaded engagement with said cap, having a handle, and having the inner end thereof adapted to engage a rod mounted in any socket of said cap at the intersection of said sockets.

5. A holder for electric welding rods, said holder comprising a tubular member 01 insulating material, a member oi. conducting material mounted within said tubular member, a cap memher of conducting material mounted on an end of said conducting member extending beyond said tubular member, each of said members engaging both of the other two of said members to provide a rigid assembly of the-three members, said cap having a plurality of intersecting sockets, each socket being adapted to receive an end of a weld- 1. A holder for electric welding rods, saidholdfacing the lower end oi said tubular member, a

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ing rod, and a member having threaded engagement with said cap member and adapted to clamp 'a welding rod therein by engagement with the red at the intersection of said sockets.

JANIES FORMAN.

ANDREW D. CLYBURN. 

